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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 



189.97 lbs. corn meal, at 823.00 per ton, . 

 168.75 gals, skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, . 

 117.66 lbs. corn and cob meal, at f 20.70 per ton, 

 53.38 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton, . 

 69.32 lbs. gluten meal, at ^24.00 per ton, . 



?1 26 



3 04 



1 22 



61 



$6 96 



2.58 lbs. dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weiglit, and 3.17 



lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weiglit. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.13 cents. 



[3.] 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 12 to August 8. 



109.97 lbs. corn meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 95.03 lbs. 



675.00 qts. skim milk, equal to dry matter, . . . 121.50 " 



118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, equal to dry matter, . . 102.44 " 



63.65 lbs. wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 46.94 " 



70.38 ibs. gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 63.28 " 



Total amount of dry matter. 



429.19 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experim^t, 

 Live weight of animal at time of killing, . 

 Live weight gained during experiment, . 

 Dressed weight at time of killing. 

 Loss in weight by dressing, . . ,37 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, 



19.00 lbs. 

 196.25 " 

 177.25 " 

 159.00 " 

 25 lbs., or 18.98 per cent. 

 143.61 lbs, 



